Winning a Junior College Bond Election: How to Change the Voters' Minds.

Overbeck, Wayne

Factors that produced defeat of bond issues and the actions taken by administrators of four California junior college districts to offset those factors are presented in this paper. Relevant findings from previous studies on school bond elections are summarized; the legal and fiscal context in which new California junior college districts operate is described. A summary presents the issues affecting the successful and unsuccessful bond campaigns in the four districts. The most significant finding of the study was the degree to which California's new district override tax law influences the development of new junior college districts. Several recommendations for other new districts contemplating bond elections are based on the conclusions of the study. [Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document.] (MS)